Don't slander based on Facebook automatic translation - Fahmi

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has called out an unnamed individual for wrongfully blaming him and slandering national broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) over an automatic translation of a Facebook post.

Taking to Facebook, Fahmi (above) said the person had unjustifiably accused RTM of posting an offensive remark in English against Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar on his installation as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong yesterday.

“The original (Facebook) post was in fact in Malay...